Likert Scale

Likert Scale

The following choices may help you when you design an attitude instrument. The bold face sets are the most popular.

AGREEMENT

Strongly Agree Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree	Agree Strongly Agree Moderately Agree Slightly Disagree Slightly Disagree Moderately Disagree Strongly	Agree Disagree	Agree Undecided Disagree
Agree Very Strongly Agree Strongly Agree Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree Very Strongly	Yes No	Completely Agree Mostly Agree Slightly Agree Slightly Disagree Mostly Disagree Completely Disagree	Disagree Strongly Disagree Tend to Disagree Tend to Agree Agree Agree Strongly

FREQUENCY

Very Frequently Frequently Occasionally Rarely Very Rarely Never	Always Very Frequently Occasionally Rarely Very Rarely Never	Always Usually About Half the Time Seldom Never	Almost Always To a Considerable Degree Occasionally Seldom
A Great Deal Much Somewhat Little Never	Often Sometimes Seldom Never	Always Very Often Sometimes Rarely Never

IMPORTANCE

Very Important
Important
Moderately Important
Of Little Importance
Unimportant

Very Important
Moderately Important
Unimportant

Very Important
Important
Neither Important or Unimportant
Unimportant
Very Unimportant

QUALITY

Very Good
Good
Barely Acceptable
Poor
Very Poor

Extremely Poor
Below Average
Average
Above Average
Excellent

Good
Fair
Poor

LIKELIHOOD

Like Me Unlike Me	To a Great Extent Somewhat Very Little Not at All	True False
Definitely Very Probably Probably Possibly Probably Not Very Probably Not	Almost Always True Usually True Often True Occasionally True Sometimes But Infrequently True Usually Not True Almost Never True	True of Myself Mostly True of Myself About Halfway True of Myself Slightly True Of Myself Not at All True of Myself

Sample Front Page from an Instrument Using a Likert Scale...

Del Siegle, Ph.D.
Neag School of Education - University of Connecticut
del.siegle@uconn.edu
www.delsiegle.com

11/24/2010